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Wera Hobhouse vs Mr Douglas Alexander

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Wera Hobhouse and Mr Douglas Alexander voted the same way 23% of the time, based on 182 shared comparable votes.

42 same votes 140 different votes 182 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
6 Aye 0 No
Energy 100% aligned 6 shared votes
6 Aye 0 No
2 Aye 2 No
Democracy / Parliament 75% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
3 Aye 3 No
Housing 50% aligned 6 shared votes
2 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Environment / Climate 50% aligned 4 shared votes
3 Aye 1 No
8 Aye 4 No
Benefits 25% aligned 12 shared votes
5 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
4 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 9 shared votes
5 Aye 4 No
3 Aye 1 No
Trade 0% aligned 4 shared votes
1 Aye 3 No
1 Aye 2 No
Transport 0% aligned 3 shared votes
2 Aye 1 No
5 Aye 13 No
Work / Employment 6% aligned 18 shared votes
12 Aye 6 No
18 Aye 29 No
Tax 6% aligned 47 shared votes
32 Aye 15 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

73.3%
1% above average
Rank 353 of 649
Participation
46.9%
26% below average
Rank 625 of 649
1,554
2,121 eligible divisions
Total votes
277
590 eligible divisions
844
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
121
43.7% of votes cast
710
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
156
56.3% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
9 years, 4 months
Since 8 Jun 2017
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

150
+65.2 vs Commons average
Rank 72 of 650
Appearances
51
-33.8 vs Commons average
Rank 450 of 650
213
+65.3 vs Commons average
Rank 125 of 650
Contributions
224
+76.3 vs Commons average
Rank 115 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,835,401
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£792,708
all imported IPSA years
£306,189
35% above average
Latest expenses
£91,911
59% below average
7
5 registered categories
Registered interests
4
2 registered categories
12
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

#1
Trade
6 of 7 votes
Brexit / EU
170 of 188 votes
#2
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
#3
Work / Employment
25 of 39 votes
Defence
60 of 71 votes
#4
Defence
20 of 34 votes
Trade
70 of 87 votes
#5
Tax
63 of 112 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Where they voted the same
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API